Biggest chokejob: Tonight or Game 6?

[SpurPadre]

tbh

[Silver&Black]

3-1

[peacemaker885]

Wasted opportunity for the Falcons.

[Robz4000]

Tonight. Not even close.

[dabom]

Tonight.

[Mr. Body]

Who cares. Football sucks. We won't even be watching it in twenty years, maybe even less.

[TheGreatYacht]

1. 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals
2. Up 28-3 in the Super Bowl
3. 6

[dabom]

1. 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals
2. Up 28-3 in the Super Bowl
3. 6

I dont think they were up 28-3 but close. :lol

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Tonight. Not even close.

It was the craziest sports miracle ever.

Also, I'd put the Rangers' game 6 against the Cardinals in 2011 WS about even with the Spurs' 6 in 2013. The Rangers were up 7-2, bottom of the ninth, two out and one on at one point, with the count 1-2. Many, many chances to close them out with one fucking strike, and they gave up 5 runs which led to a miracle Cardinals win in several extra innings.

[SpurPadre]

1. 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals
2. Up 28-3 in the Super Bowl
3. 6

3-1 in the Finals is a choke but Draymond getting suspended gives some justification for it moreso than Game 6, tbh.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

1. 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals
2. Up 28-3 in the Super Bowl
3. 6
No...

1) Tonight's SB
2) Spurs 6 in 2013
3) Rangers 6 in 2011
4) Trump over Hillary
5) Cleavers over Dublets
6) Cubs over Indians

[TheDoctor]

I literally lol'd when at Half-Time one of the broadcaster said "No team has ever comeback..." :lmao

[spurtech09]

Sports are Rigged.....Whats new?

[BillMc]

Bill B probably broke out the secret cameras for the second half.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

3-1 in the Finals is a choke but Draymond getting suspended gives some justification for it moreso than Game 6, tbh.

Nope. The Dublets were the best regular season team of all time and widely considered to be the best overall team ever up to that point. While the Spurs in 2013 weren't given a snowball's chance in hell by the media, with a declining big 3, a still-not-quite-ready Kawhi Leonard, and no HCA against a team that was considered at that point to be the most talented basketball team ever assembled.

[timtonymanu]

3-1 in the Finals is a choke but Draymond getting suspended gives some justification for it moreso than Game 6, tbh.

Warriors were heavy favorites against Cleveland though. And they still had Draymond in Game 7. Spurs while they were the better team for most of that series, they also weren't the overwhelming favorites against the champs.

[SpurPadre]

Nope. The Dublets were the best regular season team of all time and widely considered to be the best overall team ever up to that point. While the Spurs in 2013 weren't given a snowball's chance in hell by the media, with a declining big 3, a still-not-quite-ready Kawhi Leonard, and no HCA against a team that was considered at that point to be the most talented basketball team ever assembled.

But you're talking about conditions outside the actual games played. The amount of blunders committed at the end of Game 6 are unmatched...at least in the NBA and it's not even close.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

But you're talking about conditions outside the actual games played. The amount of blunders committed at the end of Game 6 are unmatched...at least in the NBA and it's not even close.

In the NBA, yes. That was worst.

Rangers 2011 game 6 was worst in baseball

Tonight was worst in football.


I don't care about hookey and povertyball so I don't follow those sports.

That is all.

[tmtcsc]

Tonight. Unprecedented.

[DD]

1. Rangers-Cardinals Game 6...one pitch away on 2 different occasions
2. 6. The court was roped off and they were bringing the LOB out
3. Falcons blowing a 25-pt lead in 17 minutes

[UNT Eagles 2016]

1. Rangers-Cardinals Game 6...one pitch away on 2 different occasions
2. 6. The court was roped off and they were bringing the LOB out
3. Falcons blowing a 25-pt lead in 17 minutes

a LOT more than 2 different occasions, tbh. 5 runs up with 2 out, many times just a strike away. Neftali Feliz is a swear word around here forever

[spurs10]

Game 6 just put it to OT and there was another game. Tonight was the worst I've seen. The refs decided the game. The Ryan sack was one thing but the 10 yard penalty was the difference. They weren't calling that shit in OT.

[cd98]

No...

1) Tonight's SB
2) Spurs 6 in 2013
3) Rangers 6 in 2011
4) Trump over Hillary
5) Cleavers over Dublets
6) Cubs over Indians

Don't forget Seahawks on the one yard line against Pats.

[spurs10]

Don't forget Seahawks on the one yard line against Pats. Indeed!

[Robz4000]

1. Rangers-Cardinals Game 6...one pitch away on 2 different occasions
2. 6. The court was roped off and they were bringing the LOB out
3. Falcons blowing a 25-pt lead in 17 minutes

:lol no, tonight was worse than both 6's.

[TimDunkem]

Don't really see how tonight can be worse than the Warriors losing last year, tbh. They had three chances to close out Cleveland.

With that said, Hillary was the worst. :lmao

[DD]

a LOT more than 2 different occasions, tbh. 5 runs up with 2 out, many times just a strike away. Neftali Feliz is a swear word around here forever

It never ceases to amaze me how Nelson Cruz gets a pass for sandbagging on that fly ball. He had a postseason for the ages but he's the #1 culprit imo

[Keepin' it real]

6 wasn't a choke job. A 2 possession game with almost 30 seconds left is very loseable.

The Spurs losing to TMac years ago, the 13 points in 33 seconds, now THAT was a choke job.

[look_at_g_shred]

I dont think they were up 28-3 but close. :lol
What? Yeah they were

[spurraider21]

It never ceases to amaze me how Nelson Cruz gets a pass for sandbagging on that fly ball. He had a postseason for the ages but he's the #1 culprit imocan't blame him for thinking he didn't have to run, baseball's not even a sport

lefty (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=6896) will vouch tbh

[dabom]

What? Yeah they were

O shit they were. :lol

[SuperCam]

kiwi missing those ft no doubt

[Clipper Nation]

Last year's Finals and 18-1 are bigger chokes than tonight or 6, tbh.

[ViceCity86]

I personally was at game 6 in Shea stadium back in 1986. Biggest choke job in person.

But tonight is biggest choke in sports history.

[Mikeanaro]

3-1 fuck NFL.

[HarlemHeat37]

Seahawks losing was a lot worse than tonight IMO..

Atlanta's loss was historic, but at least it was a collective meltdown that spanned an entire quarter..

Seattle's came down to a single play where just had to run ONE YARD WITH THE BEST RB IN THE NFL THAT HAD SPENT ALL NIGHT DESTROYING NEW ENGLAND:lol

[will_spurs]

Gme 6 wasn't as bad because there was a game 7. Last night was very different.

[cd021]

No...

1) Tonight's SB
2) Spurs 6 in 2013
3) Rangers 6 in 2011
4) Trump over Hillary
5) Cleavers over Dublets
6) Cubs over Indians

Sounds about right. Spurs in 2011 was almost as bad as 6. 20 straight wins, 10 straight playoff wins, a 60-16 record heading into OKC and they lose four straight in the conference finals.:depressed

[99 Problems]

Na, 3-1, because Falcons didn't come off a 7300000000000000 regular season.

[lefty20]

No...

1) Tonight's SB
2) Spurs 6 in 2013
3) Rangers 6 in 2011
4) Trump over Hillary
5) Cleavers over Dublets
6) Cubs over Indians

I'd take out the Cubs over Indians and put in Pats over Hawks as CD suggested. Cubs were actually favored in games 5, 6 &7 individually. Them being down 1-3 was a bigger surprise then the comeback, tbh.

[Chillen]

The Warriors up 3-1 game 7 loss to Cleveland in the 2016 NBA finals was the worst choke job I have ever seen in pro sports. The Falcons losing the Superbowl to the Patriots up 28-3 in the 3rd quarter is the second biggest choke job ever imo.

[dbreiden83080]

As bad as game 6 was the Spurs had 4 rings. Atlanta had been waiting so long for this shot. They will be answering painful questions about it forever..

[daledondale]

Fuck NFL.

[Old School 44]

Even though they are not directly related, the Spurs' beautiful games dismantling the Heat in 2014 helped take the sting out of 6. Although 6 "still hurts", the Spurs response moves it down the choke job list. Patriots/Falcons is number 1.

[NameLess Scrub]

6 :

- Greatest NBA statement / screw you media/ never made
- Best back to back never to happen
- 4th time, 40y/o Timmy FMVP lost

6 is the biggest ever because it means the most to me

There, settled :lol :downspin:

[look_at_g_shred]

TBH besides us Spurs fans, I think 6 has blown over a lot of people's heads already thanks to the warriors blowing a 3-1 lead

[Floyd Pacquiao]

1. Seahawks choking at the 1 yard line/ Falcons collapse
2. Warriors 3-1
3. 6

[dabom]

We got redemption. It's not that bad in history. It's bad if you never recover. :lol

[lefty]

Game 6 tbh

Falcons are who they are


Spurs had this



But for some reason, Phil Jackson's bitch left Duncan on the bench

[UNT Eagles 2016]

It never ceases to amaze me how Nelson Cruz gets a pass for sandbagging on that fly ball. He had a postseason for the ages but he's the #1 culprit imo

I think there was another error sprinkled in there, but the pitching and decision making was the real culprit. I don't like that they intentionally walked Pujols with the bases loaded (IIRC). They also walked some other guy to load the bases on a different occasion. Giving up 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th is downright historically putrid.

But it's whatever. The Rangers will always be doomed to fail.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Seahawks losing was a lot worse than tonight IMO..

Atlanta's loss was historic, but at least it was a collective meltdown that spanned an entire quarter..

Seattle's came down to a single play where just had to run ONE YARD WITH THE BEST RB IN THE NFL THAT HAD SPENT ALL NIGHT DESTROYING NEW ENGLAND:lol
Still, Lynch was stuffed on the previous play and could have been stuffed again. It's obviously 4 down territory and so they had 3 total chances from that point, but what happens if you lose 3 yards? What if you get a penalty that backs you up to the 6 or worse, the 11?

The Falcons had it much easier. Just run the ball up the gut up 8 points at the 20 yard line. It doesn't matter if you get another first down at that point, hell it doesn't matter if you get a yard or even lose a yard or two, just don't lose 10 or more... and they lost about 25. Effin' ridiculous.

[midnightpulp]

1. Game 6 of the 2011 WS. Rangers had consecutive 99% favorite situations that they blew in the 9th and 10th innings.

2. 18-1 Pats.

3. Yankees blowing a 3-0 lead, 2004 NLCS.

4. Warriors blowing a 3-1 lead. 73-9, two closeout games on their home court, league MVP on their team.

5. 6

I don't rank this as a memorable choke (even though it was a great game) because unless you've only started watching football last year, you just knew at some point Brady and the Pats were going to make a run. Pats were favored coming in, have the consensus GOAT QB and Coach, and unmatched post-season experience. A great choke typically involves the (heavy) favorites uncharacteristically melting down in some fashion. If you asked anyone before the game if a 25 point 3rd quarter lead against Tom Brady is safe, almost everyone would say no, especially if the team leading is the Atlanta Falcons :lol. Conversely, if you asked fans before Game 6 of the 2013 Finals if a 5 point lead with 28 seconds left is safe for a Popovich/Duncan Spurs team who've never lost a Finals, most people would say yes, even with Lebron on the other team (who was known as something of a choker then).

[GSH]

The biggest choke job last night was in the first half. I think the Pats defense only played 19 snaps, and their offensive time of possession was over 20 minutes. But they still went into the locker room down 21-3.

[DarrinS]

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[sasaint]

The biggest choke job last night was in the first half. I think the Pats defense only played 19 snaps, and their offensive time of possession was over 20 minutes. But they still went into the locker room down 21-3.

Yes, and it showed in the end. The Falcon D was clearly gassed in the 4th quarter and OT. (I think the Falcons O played only +/- 40 snaps the entire game.) I thought the turning point, however, was when Atlanta was still up 16. They had a third and 1 on their 20-something yard line and chose to pass - and ran a pretty slow-developing play. Ryan gets hit and fumbles; Pats recover and get a quick TD. Even a failed running play allows the Falcons to punt the ball and defend the length of the field while time ticks off the clock. The penultimate possession when they incurred the penalty and Matty Ice gave up the sack was the game-loser (from Atlanta's perspective), but the tide had turned on the previous possession. As Chris noted, Atlanta's OC has some 'splainin'" to do!

[sasaint]

Bills overcoming a 32-point deficit in the 3rd quarter against the Oilers in 1993 Wild Card game in 1993 doesn't even get an honorable mention?

[GSH]

I thought the turning point, however, was when Atlanta was still up 16. They had a third and 1 on their 20-something yard line and chose to pass - and ran a pretty slow-developing play. Ryan gets hit and fumbles; Pats recover and get a quick TD.


They had the game won. All they had to do was play clock and field position. They did the one thing that could have lost them that game.

It was as bad as leaving a guy wide open for a corner 3 with less than two seconds on the clock, with a 3 point lead.

[sasaint]

They had the game won. All they had to do was play clock and field position. They did the one thing that could have lost them that game.

It was as bad as leaving a guy wide open for a corner 3 with less than two seconds on the clock, with a 3 point lead.

Not quite as bad for me. I was much more emotionally invested in the Spurs. :cry

[dabom]

All they had to do was not fumble it then all they had to do was get a field goal then all they had to do was stop any of the 2 point conversions and they had to lose the coin toss to in OT. :lmao

[coachmac87]

Last night was the most incredible sports event in my lifetime. The comeback, the meltdown, the clutch plays (Julio, Edelman) the history..Brady getting #5 and the game going into overtime..like it was pretty much a real life movie script. Fucking incredible..

[baseline bum]

You guys are way too caught up in the moment. Wilson's interception was so much worse. It was second and goal at the one yard line with 26 seconds to play. No way Lynch doesn't pick up that yard on second down. And even if he doesn't get it Wilson can spike the ball to stop the clock on third down and have Lynch pick up that yard on fourth. No way Lynch is getting stopped twice at the goal, not by fucking New England.

[Clipper Nation]

The real list of biggest chokes:

1. The Warriors blowing a 3-1 lead
2. 18-1
3. The Sharts blowing a 3-0 lead
4. Struggle's interception at the 1-yard line
5. 6
6. The Rangers getting to within one strike away and totally unraveling
7. The Oilers blowing a 32-point lead in the playoffs
8. The Falcons' collapse
9. Enrique Porker against the Lakers in 2004
10. Enrique Porker against the Mavs in 2006
11. Jean van de Velde, 1999 British Open
12. Durbeta and Choke Paul blowing 3-1 leads
13. Scam Newton blatantly quitting on his team in the Super Bowl
14. Baylor's Cotton Bowl collapse
15. Fivehead's dagger TD pass to Tracy Porter

In terms of overall career choke artists: Peyton, Enrique, Sergio Garcia, Karl Malone, Choke Paul, Kobe, Joe Thornton, and David Price are all up there.

[GSH]

Not quite as bad for me. I was much more emotionally invested in the Spurs. :cry


LOL. I was talking about Kyle a few games ago. :D


Choking is one thing. Jut being damn stupid is another. The deep drop pass play on 3rd and 1 was just damn stupid.

[TampaDude]

1. Game 6 of the 2011 WS. Rangers had consecutive 99% favorite situations that they blew in the 9th and 10th innings.

2. 18-1 Pats.

3. Yankees blowing a 3-0 lead, 2004 NLCS.

4. Warriors blowing a 3-1 lead. 73-9, two closeout games on their home court, league MVP on their team.

5. 6

I don't rank this as a memorable choke (even though it was a great game) because unless you've only started watching football last year, you just knew at some point Brady and the Pats were going to make a run. Pats were favored coming in, have the consensus GOAT QB and Coach, and unmatched post-season experience. A great choke typically involves the (heavy) favorites uncharacteristically melting down in some fashion. If you asked anyone before the game if a 25 point 3rd quarter lead against Tom Brady is safe, almost everyone would say no, especially if the team leading is the Atlanta Falcons :lol. Conversely, if you asked fans before Game 6 of the 2013 Finals if a 5 point lead with 28 seconds left is safe for a Popovich/Duncan Spurs team who've never lost a Finals, most people would say yes, even with Lebron on the other team (who was known as something of a choker then).

3. ALCS, not NLCS. The PED Sox went on to sweep the Cards in the WS, too.

[TampaDude]

I don't really worry about Game 6 in 2013, because we got revenge in grand style the very next year. We destroyed the Heat so thoroughly, we sent LeBron packing back to Cleveland.

[Perry Mason]

28 + 3 = 31

Warriors blew a 3-1 lead. tbh.

[Clipper Nation]

3. ALCS, not NLCS. The PED Sox went on to sweep the Cards in the WS, too.
The World Series that year was an underrated choke. The Cardinals won 105 games that year. They were fucking loaded on offense with Pujols, Rolen and Edmonds, and they had an underrated pitching staff with a bonafide ace in Chris Carpenter and a shutdown closer in Jason Isringhausen. I know the Sox were the "team of destiny" that year, but it's still hard to believe that that stacked Cardinals team couldn't even win one fucking game in the World Series. And only one of those games was even particularly close.

[DAF86]

Falcons. Not even close. All they needed to do was take a knee.

[BatManu20]

Falcons. Not even close. All they needed to do was take a knee.

This. Posters in this thread are really underrating just how epic the Falcons' collapse was last night. They were up 25 pts with 2 minutes remaining in the 3rd qtr.... the amount of things that had to go wrong for them to lose that game (and did) is staggering. No team had ever overcome an 11-pt deficit in the SB.. they were up 25 fucking points (4 possessions) and others 2 min remaining in the 3rd qtr... Literally all they needed to do was take a knee on two separate downs, and they are Super Bowl champs, ending a championship dry-spell for the city of Atlanta. Instead they drop back to throw TWICE, and get sacked once, then called for a holding penalty next, pushing them out of FG position. Then give up both TD's and both 2-pt conversions, before losing on the first possession in OT. Just a ridiculous collapse of epic proportions for a city that has had nothing but bad luck wih their sports teams, especially the Falcons, who inexplicably seem to find a way to choke in every big game. That was easily worse than 6. Their fan base is gutted.

[dabom]

:lol

[spurs10]

This. Posters in this thread are really underrating just how epic the Falcons' collapse was last night. They were up 25 pts with 2 minutes remaining in the 3rd qtr.... the amount of things that had to go wrong for them to lose that game (and did) is staggering. No team had ever overcome an 11-pt deficit in the SB.. they were up 25 fucking points (4 possessions) and others 2 min remaining in the 3rd qtr... Literally all they needed to do was take a knee on two separate downs, and they are Super Bowl champs, ending a championship dry-spell for the city of Atlanta. Instead they drop back to throw TWICE, and get sacked once, then called for a holding penalty next, pushing them out of FG position. Then give up both TD's and both 2-pt conversions, before losing on the first possession in OT. Just a ridiculous collapse of epic proportions for a city that has had nothing but bad luck wih their sports teams, especially the Falcons, who inexplicably seem to find a way to choke in every big game. That was easily worse than 6. Their fan base is gutted. Yep!

[sasaint]

LOL. I was talking about Kyle a few games ago. :D


Choking is one thing. Jut being damn stupid is another. The deep drop pass play on 3rd and 1 was just damn stupid.

Mention choking... an open corner three... and time running out - you get a knee-jerk reaction from me.

[midnightpulp]

3. ALCS, not NLCS. The PED Sox went on to sweep the Cards in the WS, too.

Yeah. Brainfart.

[kobyz]

6 of curse, you only needed to foul, in the football game Atlanta just fall out of their legs after give it all the first half... Also 6 denied from one of the greatest people of all time Timmy Duncan to get recognize as top 2 player all time...

[lefty]

The real list of biggest chokes:


9. Enrique Porker against the Lakers in 2004
10. Enrique Porker against the Mavs in 2006



Excellent list tbh